Speaker: Karan Odom Most bird enthusiasts are familiar with the intricate, beautiful songs of male songbirds. However, it is less well known that females of many bird species also sing. While male songbirds sing to attract mates or defend territories, the reasons that females sing can be much broader, including competing for year-round resources for… Read More »Listening to Nature’s Divas: What Female Songsters Tell Us
Leader: Henry Koertzen We will drive and/or walk from the parking lot along Pelican Road to enjoy the sunrise, bird sounds and the Geese and Cranes departing for the day from the wetlands. Binoculars will be available for use. There are bathrooms at the parking lot. Directions: Meet at the refuge gravel parking lot on… Read More »Beginner Birding at the San Joaquin River NWR
Please join us for our annual Christmas Bird Count review with updates provided by our very own David Yee. David will discuss the latest information on birds in the Central Valley, the State, North America, and the World. David has his finger on the pulse of all-things bird related so you can rest assured that… Read More »Christmas Bird Count Review and Prep
Leader: Compiler-Donna Marciano This is one of two Christmas Bird Count (CBC) within San Joaquin County. The Stockton count is comprised of north Stockton, Lodi and Thornton, a valley floor count as compared to our foothill count. Beginning birders to experienced birders are welcome. Some area have all walking (~7 miles), others areas have birding… Read More »Stockton Christmas Bird Count
Leader: Compiler-Kasey Foley This is a Christmas Bird Count (CBC) that goes from the valley floor up to the lower foothills and incorporates San Joaquin County, Calaveras County, with a sliver in Amador County. It is centered in San Joaquin County. Beginning birders to experienced birders are welcome. Some area have all walking (~7 miles),… Read More »Wallace-Bellota Christmas Bird Count
Leader: Henry Koertzen We will hike along the wetlands section of the Pelican Trail for a flat couple of miles looking for a variety of bird species. Binoculars will be available for use. There are bathrooms at the parking lot. Directions: Meet at the refuge gravel parking lot on Dairy Road (2714 Dairy Rd, Vernalis,… Read More »Wetlands Beginner Birding at the San Joaquin River NWR
We will drive the loop trail. If conditions permit and there is interest, we can hike the refuge trails. Expect to be back in Stockton by late afternoon. Bring lunch, water. Keep your eye on the weather and dress accordingly. Carpooling is encouraged. Meet Jim Rowoth at 07:30 AM PST @ Bagel St Cafe (formerly Tout… Read More »Merced NWR Field Trip
Please join us for this fun event suitable for everyone. No matter your age, your knowledge of birds and your level of mobility. We will be sitting in one spot to enjoy, observe and/or discuss the birds, and all other parts of nature, around us. Bring your questions regarding bird identification by sight or sound,… Read More »Bird Sit at University of Pacific (Stockton Campus)
The Delta is a place of connections where rivers meet each other, where freshwater meets salt water, where ocean fish come inland, where birds from the north come for the winter, and where birds from the south come to breed. The Delta is also a place of complexity. How water interacts with land and forms… Read More »Birds of the California Delta by Aaron Haiman
As shorebirds begin their journey southward they pass through the Ripon Sewage ponds. Our hope is to be there when they pass through, we can expect to see Greater Yellowlegs, sandpipers (least and maybe western), Black neck Stilts, long billed dowitchers and maybe a few unexpected species. Join leader Donna Marciano for a morning of… Read More »Ripon Water Treatment Plant & River Trail
The Zuni region enjoys a history of ornithological study that must be the envy of every other place in interior western North America. The specimens collected in the second half of the 19th Century and the early years of the 20th Century are mostly still extant and form the basis of assessing how the regional… Read More »Climate Change and the Birds of the Zuni Mountains Region of New Mexico: Past and Present, and Maybe Future
Field Trip Coordinator - Ralph Baker Del Puerto Canyon is Stanislaus County’s most diverse natural environment. Its habitats range from grasslands along the western valley floor to chaparral, blue oak woodland, and pines. Over 150 species of birds have been observed here (your guide has personally seen 128). Species we could see at this time… Read More »Del Puerto Canyon Fieldtrip
